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.pif files, Polish spam from Orange, and Tiny Banker (Tinba)
Tonight I was looking at my Twitter feed and saw @SCMagazine talking about ZBerp. It was actually a tweet back to a story from July 11th where Danielle Walker wrote ZBerp Evolves: Spreads through...
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SFR phish: the Gateway to all French banks
Back in April, we wrote about the French power company, EDF, being used as a universal phishing target in our article, Multi-Brand French Phisher uses EDF Group for ID Theft. Since that time we are...
View ArticleCounterfeit Legal Notices continue to spread malware
Counterfeit legal notices continue to spread malware Today a friend mentioned that they had seen several ASProx messages being distributed by domains that looked like law firm names warning of court...
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September 11th Thoughts
Where were you on September 11, 2001? My own story actually begins on September 6, 2001. That is the day when I hosted the first InfraGard meeting in Birmingham, Alabama. More than sixty security...
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Spammers use Google redirection to sneak shady URLs through filters
A growing technique being used especially by pill spammers is taking advantage of a trick abusing Google's URL service. In yesterday's spam review, we had 4,778 messages that contained this new form of...
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Terror in Oklahoma: Prison Islam + Internet Radicalization
When an Islamic jihadist decapitates a man in Syria, the world cries for air strikes and declares it to be terrorism. When an Islamic jihadist decapitates a woman in Oklahoma, the media was falling all...
View ArticleWarrant for Your Arrest phone scams
Yesterday the scammers tried to hit the wrong victim! Neera Desai works for us at Malcovery Security as a Threat Intelligence Analyst on the malware team. She had received a voicemail on her phone...
View ArticleUniversity "Accept your new raise" Phish
One of the best emails that an employee can get from their employer is the one that tells you that you have been awarded a raise! In certain industries, such as academia, this type of email is quite...
View ArticleUS Federal Grant Scam: Greendot MoneyPak Edition
Last week we shared a blog post about phone scams claiming to have a Warrant For Your Arrest. After sharing some information about that scam, we've been receiving student-generated tips from several of...
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Phishing Success Rates and Google Phish
Last week a group of Google employees led by Elie Bursztein joined UCSD researchers Andreas Pitsillidis and Stefan Savage in presenting the findings of a study on phishing to the ACM Internet...
View ArticleRoman Seleznev (AKA Bulba, AKA Track2, AKA NCUX) appears in US Court in Guam
The media is buzzing about the arrest of hacker and stolen credit card vendor Roman Seleznev who has appeared in court in the US territory of Guam after being arrested in the Maldives. We wrote about...
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Universities Targeted with "Library Account" phish
Many universities across the country have been targeted with phishing emails that warn their students that their "Library Account" is going to expire. As with so many cybercrime issues, these crimes...
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DIA Cyber Warrior delivers first Worldwide Threat Assessment
Vincent R. Stewart, Lieutenant General, U.S. Marine Corps was promoted into the position of Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency. While our friend and colleague Lt. General Ronald Burgess...
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Connected World Conference 2015
This week I've been attending the Connected World Conference 2015, hosted here in Birmingham, Alabama. Connected World's editor-in-chief, Peggy Smedley, hosts a weekly radio program that focuses on...
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Tech Support "pop-ups"
There is a new trap on the Internet that seems to be growing in popularity in the form of a Tech Support pop-up Window. The first of these I saw was last Tuesday, March 24, 2015.Norton ScamWhile...
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49 Corporate Email Phishers arrested in Operation Triangle
The Europen Union's Judicial Cooperation Unit, EUROJUST, along with Europol's European Cybercrime Center (EC3) and the Joint Cybercrime Action Taskforce (J-CAT) have announced one of their most...
View ArticleA Nigerian in Spain arrested for phishing and online shopping with stolen...
From Spanish news source "ElComercio" we bring you this phishing story - about a Nigerian citizen arrested in Spain. Click the Spanish headline for the original story. A Google-translate-assisted...
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SFR phish: the Gateway to all French banks
Back in April, we wrote about the French power company, EDF, being used as a universal phishing target in our article, Multi-Brand French Phisher uses EDF Group for ID Theft. Since that time we are...
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Pump-n-Dump Spammers Arrested in Israel
A trio of Pump-n-Dump spammers have had their indictments unsealed and two have been arrested in Israel. The charges were brought against: Joshua Samuel Aaron, aka Mike Shields, age 31, US Citizen...
View ArticleIs the Game Over for GameOver Zeus?
Several weeks ago law enforcement friends in Pittsburgh started asking people not to publish anything too public about GameOver Zeus. When we asked why, we got a teasing "You'll see!" Now our ISP...
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